Vacancies in the Voluntary and Community Sector in Bedfordshire
Barnardo's: Store Manager, Bedford, £22,841 pa, full-time, permanent.
As well as maximising sales and profit in store you'll also ensure the very highest standards of presentation and customer services – your aim will be to make your store the best in town, for customers to visit and for your colleagues to work in.
Closes 19 December. Details here.
Luton Rights: Outreach Advisor, Luton, £23,000 - £24,830 pa, full time.
As an Outreach Adviser, you will work intensively with clients in community locations, providing Welfare Benefits advice and casework. You will collaborate closely with other Luton Access advisers to ensure residents have timely and improved access to advice.
Closes 20 December. Details here.
Drug and Alcohol Practitioner: Aquarius, Bedford, £25,089 - £27,069 pa, full time, permanent.
To provide information and advice, brief interventions and long term structured interventions to support young people who are using drugs and alcohol or being impacted by someone else’s use. You will be conducting assessments, risk assessments, care-planning and working directly with other services such as schools, social care, mental health services and youth offending.
Closes 22 December. Details here.
Mind BLMK: Community Connector (Mental Health Resilience Worker), Dunstable, £24,720 pa, full time, permanent.
Community Connectors work as part of an integrated, blended mental health offer to support people with emotional, social and practical needs to access a range of local, non-medical and non-clinical services, to improve confidence, social inclusion and independence.
Closes 31 December. Details here.
Emmaus: Maintenance Manager, Carlton, £28,000 pa, full time, permanent.
Working as the management lead for the organisation’s preventative maintenance plan. Responsible for all health and safety, including fire safety requirements across the site and premises. Leading, managing, training and supporting the Maintenance Assistant, Groundsman and Maintenance companions, and volunteers to ensure the efficient organisation of all site and premises maintenance requirements.
Closes 10 January. Details here.
Mind BLMK: Service Coordinator - Mental Health and Wellbeing, Bedford, £8,017 pa, part time (2 days per week).
As Service Coordinator you will be responsible for implementing working recovery models and coordinating the operational plans for the service to ensure that people are able to manage their mental health, move through their recovery journeys and achieve positive outcomes.
Age UK Bedfordshire: Senior Administration Officer, Bedford, £26,226, full time.
providing a variety of administration duties to support the Organisation’s continued growth as one of the most respected charitable organisations in Bedfordshire. We are totally committed to the health and wellbeing of others and work closely with both Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and other local charitable and not for profit organisations.
Schoolreaders: Trusts Fundraising Officer, Bedford, £24,500 - £26,500 pa, full time, permanent.
To help develop our well-established funding stream from trusts and foundation. You will manage your own portfolio of small/medium sized trust supporters and prospects, involving research, bid writing and reporting and monitoring requirements.
Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service: On-Call Firefighters - Our On-Call Firefighters are a diverse group of people who dedicate their time to serving the local community. Some provide on-call cover from home while working their day jobs or running their own businesses, while others are stay-at-home parents providing cover around their family commitments.
Mary Seacole Housing Association: Link Worker, Luton, £36,000 – £40,000 pa, full time, Contract, Fixed-term (December 2024 – November 2025, with the possibility of extension).
We are looking for a motivated Link Worker to join Mary Seacole Housing Association and lead a critical project providing holistic support to non-UK nationals facing homelessness in Luton. In this exciting role, you will act as the central coordinator, ensuring clients are placed into suitable accommodation, receive immigration advice, and are connected with essential outreach services.
Mary Seacole Housing Association: OISC Accredited Immigration Adviser (Level 2 or 3), Luton, £32,000 – £36,000 pa, full time, Contract, Fixed-term (December 2024 – November 2025, with the possibility of extension).
We’re seeking a committed OISC Level 2 or 3 Accredited Immigration Adviser to join the team at Mary Seacole Housing Association. In this impactful role, you will offer specialist immigration support to individuals facing homelessness and those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). You’ll help clients navigate complex immigration processes, working both from our Luton office and through outreach at supported accommodation sites.
Mary Seacole Housing Association: Support Worker, Luton, £28,000 pa, full time.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Support Worker ( Rough Sleeping Outreach )to join our dynamic team in Luton! In this exciting role, you’ll be on the front lines, helping some of our community’s most vulnerable members—mainly migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). Working closely with local services, you’ll assess individuals’ needs, place them in safe accommodation, and support their journey toward resettlement.
Bedfordshire Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support: Admin Officer, Bedford, £10,200 pa, part time (14 hours per week).
The Admin Officer role is based at our office in Bedford town centre and will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the office and building. You will be responsible for IT. Including our Access Database, social media and phones.
4YP UK: Business Coordinator, Bedford, £27,000 - £30,000 pa, full time.
Are you an organised multi-tasker with a passion for providing business support for a small nonprofit social enterprise?
4YP is recruiting for a Business Co-ordinator. This exciting role is critical to our operations and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our activities in youth work, career guidance and mentoring.
If this organisation and role sounds like something you would like to join, please email rosebirmingham@4ypuk.com for an application form and job description.
The Harpur Trust: Grants Programmes Manager, Bedford £42,000 - £45,000pa, full time.
This role is to ensure core systems and processes run smoothly and efficiently but is excited by the prospect of playing a pivotal role in developing a grantmaking strategy which responds to existing and emerging community needs.
Autism Bedfordshire: Team Leader- Evening Social Groups, Luton, £13.17 per hour, contract (zero hour).
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic person to help run our evening socials group in Luton and Dunstable. These groups provide an opportunity for autistic adults to socialise, gain confidence and develop their skills. The group meets regularly and enjoy a range of different activities such as attending the local cinema, bowling, and visiting different restaurants in and around Luton and Dunstable.
Noah Enterprise: Partnership Coordinator, Luton Homeless Partnership (LHP), Luton, £23,400 pa, part time (20 -25 hours per week)
To help to end homelessness in Luton by coordinating the activities of the Luton Homeless Partnership - a group of community organisations who are united in our commitment to co-production, collaboration, and challenging stereotypes.
Embrace: Grant Fundraiser, Bedford, £25,000 - £27,000 fte, part time (up to 30 hours per week), contract (12 months with potential to extend).
This is a new role, with the most important traits being a genuine passion for the aims and values of our charity, a desire to work flexibly as part of a small, highly committed team, and the ability to make positive things happen in the fundraising space. You must be able to communicate with very different people in different grant giving settings.
NOAH: Self Employed Contracting Teachers, Bedfordshire, hours & pay tbc.
Due to the growth of the NOAH Academy, we have a number of part-time Tutor opportunities available. We are looking to work with self-employed contracting teachers who share our core values of care, compassion and commitment for the people we serve.
NOAH: ESOL Teacher, Bedford, £25/hour (flexible hours) – Self-Employed Contractor
You will work closely with our Course Coordinators, admin staff and volunteers to provide pre-entry or entry level English courses to our vulnerable adult learners, ensuring our learners feel supported and we are delivering a high quality of learning.
Ongoing. Details here.
NOAH: IT Teacher, Bedford, £25/hour (flexible hours) – Self-Employed Contractor
You will work closely with our Course Coordinators, admin staff and volunteers to provide beginners IT courses to our vulnerable adult learners, ensuring our learners feel supported and we are delivering a high quality of learning.
Ongoing. Details here.
NOAH: Employability Teacher Bedford, £25/hour (flexible hours) – Self-Employed Contractor
You will work closely with our Course Coordinators, admin staff and volunteers to provide employability courses/workshops to our vulnerable adult learners, ensuring our learners feel supported and we are delivering a high quality of learning.
Ongoing. Details here.
